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Apache HTTP Server: limited RCE for some internal redirects to non-CGI files in CGI directories

Type: advisorySource: Official CVE List1 source record

Deployment of wrong handler vulnerability in Apache HTTP Server allows the target of some internal redirects from CGI programs to also be treated as CGI and executed. The target must already be in a directory enabled for CGI and have no other extension understood by mod_mime. This issue affects Apache HTTP Server: from 2.4.60 through 2.4.68.

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CVE-2026-42356

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Security context

Source reference: cve:CVE-2026-42356

Apache HTTP Server

Source reference: /containers/cna/affected/0/product

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Structured affected-version data

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[
  {
    "vendor": "Apache Software Foundation",
    "product": "Apache HTTP Server",
    "versions": [
      {
        "status": "affected",
        "version": "2.4.60",
        "versionType": "semver",
        "lessThanOrEqual": "2.4.68"
      }
    ],
    "defaultStatus": "unaffected"
  }
]
Related CVEs
CVE-2026-42356

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